Background

Feb 2015-Dec 2017

Researcher (Bolsa Atração Jovens Talentos) at the Biology Institute, University of Brasília (Brazil)

September 2010- 2015:

Research fellow at School of Biology, University of Leeds (UK)& Naturalis Research Center (The Netherlands)

April 2008 – August 2010:

Post doctoral fellow University of Pretoria (South Africa) & South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI, South Africa).

March 2004 - February 2008:

PhD. , School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol (UK).

(awarded April 2008)

Supervisor: Prof. Jane Memmott

(Collaboration at Dr. Yvonne Buckley Lab, University of Queensland/CSIRO, Australia, January-August 2005)

July 2003 – Feb. 2004:

Post-graduate research assistant on the Ecology Research Group of Lisbon Botanical Gardens, University of Lisbon (Portugal).

UL - Dr. Rui Figueira and Dr. Cecília Sérgio

May - June 2003:

Post-graduate research assistant on Department of Animal Biology, University of Lisbon (Portugal)

UL: Prof. Octavio Paulo group

2002: Graduation in Biology

5 year degree: 4 years of lectures on Science Faculty of University of Lisbon (FCUL), Portugal

+ final year of research project (estagio): FCUL (Prof. Jose A. Quartau) & University of Amsterdam/Tropenbos-Colombia (Prof. Antoine Cleef)